The day of getting “dikshit” finally arrived after 1.5 years. Most of my friends had already taken out their originals so we were only about 10-12 waiting to attend the ceremony. Well, convocation means wearing gown and scarf and receiving certificates with others. There were a whooping 4200 attendees from 2 grace lists selected for the ceremony. I just wanted to be unique among my friends so equipped with daura suruwal, went along with friends towards Kirtipur. It was a hot day and wearing black gown invited more heat. There were disturbances from the Maoists in the Convocation of Purwanchal University so there sure was to be in ours also. And it happened. But the precautionary measures helped to keep the ceremony hall quiet except for one instance when a gang of hooligans entered inside the hall and chanted slogans till they were thrashed away by the riot police. After some speeches, we went to receive originals. And there we got see one of the Kumbha Mela where you could easily loose your friend. Waited and Waited and finally got the certificate. And there were photo sessions both during the ceremony and after the ceremony. You can see the photos in my facebook profile.
